This year, some of the lessons which pupils will be engaging in are: Music from across the world – Jamaican steel drums, Brazilian samba and African Blues; Geography – India country study, and diseases affecting developed and developing countries; Health and Food Technology – cuisine from around the globe; Science – a variety of topics looking at contributions of scientists from many different countries. This gives you a small taster of just a few of the things happening across the school.
As part of Curriculum for Excellence, Global Citizens and Citizenship are some of the key contexts which underpin the framework for learning.
‘The embedding of global citizenship within the totality of all that is planned in the curriculum will help to ensure that our children and young people will be able to play a full and active part in society – politically, socially, economically, environmentally and culturally, and understand Scotland’s role within the wider world.’
At Gryffe High school we pride ourselves on our continuing endeavours to ensure that all pupils are global citizens, and this is further strengthened by our focus on Global Diversity during October.
The Rainbow Turtle Fairtrade stall was in school on Friday 24th October at lunchtime selling all sorts of fantastic Fairtrade goodies – many pupils and staff took the opportunity to get ahead with some early Christmas shopping.
S2 Africa Assembly – S2 pupils reinforced their in-class learning from ABC and Social Subjects by participating in an African Quiz; learning about French-speaking African nations; looking at African artwork; and hearing some fantastic African music. Two S6 girls, Rachel and Kadey also stopped by to tell us all about their upcoming World Challenge expedition to Tanzania and up Mt. Kilimanjaro in June. We wish them the very best of luck!
S2’s also gave their opinions on their African learning experience as part of our ongoing Rights Respecting Schools Award journey – ‘You have the Right to give your opinion, for adults to listen and take it seriously’ Article 12, United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.’
You will see some of the Henna tattoos done by our talented S6 pupils. Thank you all who participated – we raised £43 for our selected Global Diversity Month charities from the tattoos.